Rick Doblin, Ph.D., is the founder and president of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). He received his doctorate in Public Policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, where he wrote his dissertation on the regulation of the...

Mary Sanders, LCSW, is a dynamic psychotherapist and fervent social justice advocate, infusing passion into both her clinical endeavors and community initiatives. With over a decade of experience in community mental health, she's provided transformative psychotherapy...

"The Origins of the Ritual Use of Crystals and Mushrooms" Acacea Lewis is the Founder of Divine Master Alchemy LLC, and Divine Master University, a school for Entheogenic Cultural Literacy and Applied Naturopathic Medicine Research.  Acacea is a student of Baba...

A Psychedelic Resurgence: Historical Lessons for the Future Erika Dyck is a History professor and a Canada Research Chair in the History of Health & Social Justice at the University of Saskatchewan. She is the author or co-author of several books,...

Sandor Iron Rope is a member of the Tetonwan Lakota Oyate, Oglala Lakota spiritual leader from Porcupine District and enrolled member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe. Generational peyote practioner and spiritual leader. In 2006 he served as a delegate for the state of South...

Sutton King, N??qtaw-Pianakiw (comes first woman), MPH, Afro-Indigenous, descendent of the Menominee and Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, is a graduate of NYU School of Global Public Health. As an internationally recognized Indigenous rights activist, public health...

Dr. Osiris García Cerqueda is an Indigenous Mazatec historian and sociologist fromHuautla de Jiménez, Oaxaca, Mexico. From a very young age, he has dedicated himself tothe study of the history of his community and the practice of the ancestral ritual withpsilocybin...

"Getting Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy Right: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" Dr. Dominique Morisano, CPsych (she/her) is of Italian/Balto-Slavic descent and a dualCanadian/US citizen raised in rural Connecticut. She works as a clinical psychologist in private...

Soi Kene grew up in the farm country of Western New York. He studied film at NYU after which he spent several years traveling the world. He subsequently returned to North America to work as a filmmaker in the US and Jamaica. Since 2012, Chaikuni has apprenticed under...

"Psychedelic Medicines - Canada Update and Perspectives" AD LUCEM LAW CORPORATION was founded in 2013 by Robert W.E. Laurie, an award-winning, international lawyer qualified in England and called to the British Columbia Bar. Robert’s legal practice focuses on...

Plants as People: Our Inherent Connection About Jazmin Jazmin Pirozek is from Lake of the Woods, Ontario and of Norway House Cree Nation. Jazmin lives in Kenora, Ontario and  she studied at Lakehead University, Thunder Bay. Her studies included Anthropology and...

Kenneth Tupper, Ph.D., is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Child & Youth Care at the University of Victoria. Kenneth’s doctoral research developed the concept of “entheogenic education,” a theoretical frame for understanding how psychedelic plants and...

Olivia Marcus completed her PhD in medical anthropology from the University of Connecticut with a specialization in social sciences and healthcare, and an MPH in sociomedical sciences from Columbia University. She is a postdoctoral fellow at the NYU Rory Meyers...

Wood Carver, Plant Romancer, Ceremonialist, Father and Village Tender Born and raised as a child in the woods of Northern Interior BC, and Detroit city in his teen years. Discovering Plant Medicine ceremony in his early 30’s after the birth of his daughter Pearl...

Dr. Anja Loizaga-Velder is a German-Mexican clinical psychologist whose research into the therapeutic potential of ritual psychedelic plant use spans more than two decades. She serves as Director of Research and Psychotherapy at the Nierika Institute for Intercultural...

Watch Marco's Full 2023 Presentation Here Marco Sánchez is a practitioner and researcher of plant technology. He assists in facilitating healing trough the teachings of shipibo cosmovision technology from the Amazon. Marco has been practicing and learning for over 17...

 Jose? Isabel Gonza?lez de la Cruz, also known as Don Chabelo, is a Marakame of the Wixa?rrika Nation, hailing from Jalisco, Mexico. He is descended from a long, distinguished lineage of Marakate1, including his parents, aunt, uncle, and both his maternal and paternal...

Curtis Andrews is a Canadian musician with global persuasions; a percussionist/composer/teacher who creates music that is informed by his many years of experience with West African, South Indian and jazz traditions yet transcends most categories. In June 2009 he moved...